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Falling Out of Time
by David Grossman
Around the World: Israel (Translated from Hebrew)
I have never in my life read a book that so viscerally described the experience of grief. This play/poem/fable/myth is focused on the ritualized processing of grief after losing a child and it is beyond raw. It is about desperately trying to find words for an experience that defies speech and somehow, slowly, desperately, succeeding. While this is a book about losing a child I think it is retains its power when applied to other experiences of extraordinary loss. An unbelievably powerful elegy. I'll be looking up more work by Grossman. Prepare to be dragged to some very dark, painful places if you choose to read this, but know that it will be worth it.
I have never in my life read a book that so viscerally described the experience of grief. This play/poem/fable/myth is focused on the ritualized processing of grief after losing a child and it is beyond raw. It is about desperately trying to find words for an experience that defies speech and somehow, slowly, desperately, succeeding. While this is a book about losing a child I think it is retains its power when applied to other experiences of extraordinary loss. An unbelievably powerful elegy. I'll be looking up more work by Grossman. Prepare to be dragged to some very dark, painful places if you choose to read this, but know that it will be worth it.